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75: Former New Zealand citizens deemed to hold resident visa
or “Former citizens can stay in NZ with resident visa-like status”
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“How decisions are made on temporary visa applications, including exceptions”

When you apply for a temporary entry class visa, the Minister or an immigration officer can decide to give you one even if you don’t meet all the usual rules. They can make an exception just for you.

This doesn’t work for special types of temporary entry visas that have restricted instructions. These have stricter rules.

But, even for those restricted visas, the Minister can still decide to make an exception and give you one if they want to. The Minister has complete freedom to do this in any case they choose.

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Next up: 77: Currency and nature of temporary entry class visa

or “Temporary entry visas: how long they last and what you can do with them”
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Part 3 Visas
Classes of visa: Temporary entry class visas: provisions applying to all types

76Decisions on applications for temporary entry class visa

  1. The Minister or an immigration officer may, in the Minister’s or officer’s discretion, grant a temporary entry class visa as an exception to temporary entry class instructions in any particular case.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply to an application for a temporary entry class visa of a type subject to restricted temporary entry instructions.

  3. However, nothing in subsection (2) prevents the Minister in his or her absolute discretion from making a decision to grant a visa as an exception to restricted temporary entry instructions in any particular case.